Guild Wars 2

Ohoni.6057:

On a serious note, I feel bad for engis. Apart from VG, I never, ever see this class. It was good in Gors but since slick shoes was nerfed, it’s no longer as valued.

They should add something where you need to stealth the whole party then, that would guarantee 2-3 Engis per fight.

It’s just a matter of optimal versus viable rearing its head for engineer. Being the jack of all trades master of none really brings it down a peg relative to other classes.

But the real issue is that when the difference between “optimal” and “viable” can mean the difference between “success” and “failure” for a less than perfectly skilled party, “optimal” and “viable” essentially become the same thing. If they want more diversity, they need to lower the bar for success, so that unless you’re doing a speed run, it really doesn’t matter if half the team is “sub-optimal” at their roles, it’ll only amount to an extra minute or two of fighting. Until they do lower the bar though, there will only be right and wrong choices of class and build, and certain classes will only be viable in specific scenarios.

lol why do you keep bring up engis kid.

Let me fix it for ya buddy,
*2-4 Theives. Not only does Thief have better dps and better stealth, the gyro that gives stealth would be destroyed from the boss’ attack. So no, engis WOULD NOT be the most optimal for this fight.

Ohoni.6057:

Which class is the master of stealth? Thief. This would be another encounter where bringing 4 Theives would be ideal.

I think you misspelled “Engineer.”

To the greater issue though, I do think that they should work harder to make sure Thieves can provide something useful to more raid fights, but I don’t think that any one class should be specifically necessary to a boss fight, even the ones that currently seem to be. There should always be alternatives when putting the squad together.

Engineer? What?! Lol.

On a serious note, I feel bad for engis. Apart from VG, I never, ever see this class. It was good in Gors but since slick shoes was nerfed, it’s no longer as valued.

Nozome.7853:

In my raid group we have one thief he brings good dps and cc , and we have been running with him for months now.

Just wait for the next patch , maybe they will split skills in PvE-PvP and some proffessions will become better on PvE wihout beeing broken on PvP.

I’d be surprised if you didn’t have a thief lol. Thief is a great class, it can dps and tank with the best of them. I just wanna do more than just those two roles tho

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Mesmer with boon strip trait can do the thingy you mentioned far better.

As for the stealth part I could argue that other classes can do it too, with stacking and such, but lets not go there yet.

This whole post almost makes it sound like you want to have a thief an absolute requirement for a specific encounter. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t recall a single encounter in the current wings where a class is a must have.

Doing the whole “This class is mandatory for this encounter or it’s a raid wipe” would be the stupidest thing ever.

I’ve seen thieves in w1, even two of them on Sabetha, a few times in w2 as well. But I do understand that they are not in the current meta for raid. And I’m totally fine with that, it’s a selfish class and other classes fill the slot far better in my opinion.

I’m gonna assume you hardly ever raid and if you do, you only have maybe a kill or 2. First of all Theives are the only class that can steal boons AND give those stolen boons to their team. So no, Mesmer would do a bad job at this. Second, why on earth would you bring any other stealth class (engi and Mesmer I think you’re assuming and that’s not even considering that you’re stacking them as well…yuck) that’s not a thief? Thieves have better dps and better on demand stealth. Third, again you are incorrect here. Heck the 1st bosses makes it so that you NEED boon strip, something only 2 classes can do. 2nd boss you practically NEED an ele to clear the orbs. Hell am Ele is even needed for Xera to clear fragments otherwise GG. Sloth and Matt, you NEED reflects. Etc, etc, etc. Fourth, uhhh VG boon strip or else GG. Lastly, thief is in the Meta, in fact all classes can be considered meta, it’s just the ignorance of ppl that hold many of the classes back.

Thief IMO is a really good raid class but I wanna be able to do more than dps or tank. If they decide on a new raid, make a wing where Theives are great and absolutely needed.

For example, having a boss where the mechanic is to steal a boon from the boss and give it to your team. Which class would be great for that? You guessed it, thief with bountiful theft. The mechanic could be that the boss hits really hard, close to 1 shot if not a 1 shot, and a boon must be stolen from the boss to reduce the damage you take from the boss. The stolen boon can stack, thus bringing 4 thieves would be ideal.

Another idea is a boss where stealth is crucial to the fight. For example, the boss has an attack that will do heavy damage to visible players and the only way to not get hit is to get into stealth. The attack will last 7s or so, thus you need be in stealth for a long duration. Which class is the master of stealth? Thief. This would be another encounter where bringing 4 Theives would be ideal.

Engi is a solid choice. IMO one of the more fun classes to play. I play condi engi and it’s way more fun then zerker builds. As for soloing content, just about every class can do so but Engi is definitely one of the easier ones to do it with.

I’m curious, I play warr in PvE sometimes but don’t fully understand how it’s group support fully works. For example, in Raids, they are always suppose to give the team 25 might stack. My question is, is this simply achieved by criting with auto GS and hundred blades?

Also, what’s the basic skill rotation for Warriors in raids? I’ve seen some videos and most of the Warriors just auto attack, hundred blades, berserk mode, arc divider, rinse and repeat. And then obviously they use head butt when CC is needed and double dodge for dmg buff, etc.

Simply put, I just need a basic understanding how warriors work in Raids.

MadVisions.4529:

Shovel Face.4512:

This, however, cannot be done because one, the dmg for this weapon is so low, it does not create enough pressure to where my enemy feels uncomfortable.

This, dear Sir, is not true.

Shovel Face.4512:

A little damage buff and a rework of skill 3 is really not a lot to ask for, especially when you consider the power creep we’re in.

and your answer to power creep is to add more power somewhere else. Decent. This is why this game is suffering atm.

And ur solution is to keep it where it’s at? Lol. You have to look at both sides. The power creep won’t be going away anytime soon. I’d rather bring a weapon in line with this current power creep, whether it’s for better or worse, then to leave it behind.

To give you an analogy, it’s like someone having and using a flip phone in this day and age of smartphones and pretending the flip phone can compete with IPhones.

MadVisions.4529:

Shovel Face.4512:

Fat Disgrace.4275:

s/d is perfect as it is i think. d/p and s/d are totally different in play sets but d/p should beat s/d because of the nature of burst from d/x. if there is anything i would change is probably shadow shot… 4 inative for a 900 range port – blinds – unblockable and the avg thief in wvw can deal 5k dmg to an enemy power build. but thats a different story.

What? You don’t even play S/D so how in the world can u say it’s perfect? Lol. S/D is a step or 2 below D/P and staff. Saying it’s perfect says a lot about your competency in this game.

2 step bellow d/p and staff in what? burst damage? ye maybe. Imo “perfect” here means that does not need changes i think, where i can 100% agree.

2 steps below in term of effectiveness. We all know D/p and staff are effective weapons for thief. High burst and good utility. S/D is NOT for burst. S/D is sustaing and pressuring. This, however, cannot be done because one, the dmg for this weapon is so low, it does not create enough pressure to where my enemy feels uncomfortable. Skill 3 is also too clunky as it is difficult to land the follow up attack. A little damage buff and a rework of skill 3 is really not a lot to ask for, especially when you consider the power creep we’re in.

Fat Disgrace.4275:

how do you know i dont? ofc i play s/d, have done for over a year. s/d is in a good spot, but d/p is just that much better.

You say it’s “perfect” and “in a good spot” but in relation to what? Because if it is perfect as you say it is, why don’t I ever see any thieves running S/D? I mean if it was prefect I should atleast be seeing a handful of S/D. In fact, I’ve seen more P/P Theives then S/D. All I’m saying is, if u want S/D to remain in its grave then go ahead, pretend like the weapon set is fine and doesn’t need a 2nd look at. That’s all fine with me, but I actually wanna see S/D return to its glory days.

Simonoly.4352:

Yeah I find S/D to be pretty good now with the last changes to the auto-attack. Infiltrator’s Strike already immobilises and is a teleport gap closer, so a damage buff would be a bit silly. However, Flanking/Lancerous Strike could do with some clearing up.

I don’t think we should strive for any weapon set to be on par with D/P, lest the power creep reach even more unmanageable levels.

Do you even play S/D? Skill 2 is very clunky and is only 600 range. Most of the time I found this skill to miss the opponent by just a hair. And we’re only talking a slight dmg buff. In PvP with Maruder ammy, that about 900 dmg lol.

Fat Disgrace.4275:

s/d is perfect as it is i think. d/p and s/d are totally different in play sets but d/p should beat s/d because of the nature of burst from d/x. if there is anything i would change is probably shadow shot… 4 inative for a 900 range port – blinds – unblockable and the avg thief in wvw can deal 5k dmg to an enemy power build. but thats a different story.

What? You don’t even play S/D so how in the world can u say it’s perfect? Lol. S/D is a step or 2 below D/P and staff. Saying it’s perfect says a lot about your competency in this game.

IMO they need to buff the overall damage of this weapon set. AA needs maybe a 25% dmg buff, skill 2 needs a 40% dmg buff. Skill 3 should be reverted back to what it was, just a 1 hit skill that rips boons. Before this was pretty OP but with the amount of boons that gets tossed around these days, it’s not. Skill 4 and 5 just leave as is.

Just this alone would allow S/D to compete with D/P or staff. Just imagine the build diversity if Anet could just be more competent.

For Healing, I like to use withdraw but most Theives are using invigorating precision now. Utility skills, I ALWAYS use Shadowstep and signet of agility. Those 2 are must haves. For the final utility slot, I just use whatever I feel like. It could be bandits defense, blinding powder, tripwire, shadow refuge or infiltrators signet. And for elite, I always use basilisk venom. So good and so fun to use when a rev, mes or DH think they’re safe with their blocks. Impact strike I have a love/hate relationship. I would use it all the time if it weren’t for the fact a player goes invuln for 2s when they get downed. Like i will think I timed it right but the 2nd Stike ends up downing them so the 3 strike just misses because the player was “invulnerable” because he went down.

shagwell.1349:

So, what you mean is, you failed with your statement mentioned above. It’s nobodys fault that they get teamed up with someone.
It’s a problem of the system. And this season no one is carrying you. Welcome to the real world.
You are either the living proof that the mmr system is stupid and it’s not a “get good” problem or you are too bad to reach legendary without some carrying you

Lol what? I did in fact reach legendary this season 97% solo Q. And like I said, you can’t blame the MM because it cannot possibly gauge whether a player will put in effort. This can be said with ANY online PvP game.

Reaper Alim.4176:

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Wait a minute…
Aren’t you the same guy that posted this?

-> https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Accepting-you-re-not-as-good-as-you-think/first#post6178532

AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yup! But know that the shoe is on the other foot it’s different in his eyes. GG Shovel Face.4512 and now I will comeince with copying and pasting what you said to us long time ago……..

People need to reflect on their own gameplay instead of blaming their shortcomings on their teammates and the match making. People will blame everything else but themselves because they believe they can do no wrong. It is absolutely hilarious when the same 5 people who each complain about how their “MMR” is so low and how they get matched with bad teammates are put on the same team and when they lose, those same 5 people complain about each other. See how that works? This is not an issue of bad teammates or match making being rigged. This is an issue of YOU not being as good as you think you are.

I don’t know man, maybe you should take your own advice! Funny how stuff like this work right? Don’t feel to bad I have a GW2 sPvP buddy who feels the same way as you till the shoes is on the other foot then throws a kitten fit on TS.

To be fair, I’m not mad about matchmaking, I’m mad about those a**holes who decided to Q up ranked knowing they weren’t gonna put in their maximum effort. See the difference? It’s not matchmakings fault that they decided to pair me with players who weren’t going to try because those players could have been on the other team too. And it’s not like those guys were bad players too, MM can’t gauge whether a player is going to put in their maximum effort or not. Hell I had a Legendary player on my team who said he was high and drunk and I bet you can guess how that match turned out. It is what it is.

kdaddy.5431:

Its too bad i havent seen kanto or RG on. We could just 4 man those last pips.

Yeah Kanto was actually on one of the teams that beat me when I needed 1 more game to legendary. Haha oh well. We should party up tho, basically just need a 3 game win streak and I’ll be DONE.

3 times I was 1 win away from legendary and each and every time I was matched with Legendarys who didn’t try and didn’t take it seriously and againts Legendarys who tried and played their hearts out. Why? I really just want to know why this happened 3 times. No once, not twice , but 3 times? What All I want is this Legendary title so I can forever be DONE with this game. I’ll give all my gold away once I hit legendary because I will no longer play this game. I’m leaving for college this Fall which is why I won’t ever be playing this game ever again. But, I have to hit Legendary because it was the one last thing I set as a goal, guess you can say its my swan song. But, the game is unfair and forbids me to hit Legendary. I’ve been at T5 to t6 for 7 days and I finally hit T7 today. People who were tiers way below me were surprised I still hadn’t Legendary because I had a 71% win ration up until T6 Diamond. And those guys are Legendary now.
But, boy did I think after being 1 game away from the finally being done with this game I was gonna be so happy I finally got my Legendary now. However, the game is unfair and decided I should keep grinding a game as sad and pathetic as GW2.

Diamond T5, I guess I’ve met my match. I’ve been dancing around this tier for a week now. I don’t know why, i guess it’s where I belong. Guess this is it. It’s been good PvP.

Timiok.1048:

Now, I realise many people would think it is my fault for this, and that I’m blaming all of my soloQs (partially true), but PvP is a team game. Everyone needs to contribute. One person is not likely to be able to carry a whole team, but one person not doing anything easily dooms the team. I don’t know if it is MMR, because outside of ranked season I only really do dueling and roaming in wvw, but it seems that either my team is a lot less skilled then the other team, or my teamis more skilled. I have only had 10 close/balanced matches, besides that it is either my team destroying, or being destroyed. The chances just are that my teams always tend to be more unlucky. I’m not surprised people have already hit diamond because of how lopsided thing are. I’m just saying, just because it you lose all the time doesn’t mean you are bad. This is a team game. If Lebron James was the only skilled player on the Cavs they still wouldn’t do well, because there is more to just having one decent player. I generally win 1v1s, I rotate quite well, even though sometimes my decisions aren’t the best, I often find myself bossing teams around because they don’t know where to go.
Thinking you are good solely because you win most matches is like a white kid thinking he is black because he can dab.
Thinking someone is bad because they lose many matches is like calling someone unfortunate undeducated person stupid because they can’t afford school.
Now, this is not to say that it is automatically not your fault for losing, you should always try to improve yourself
I might add screenies of my last season and proof.

Lmao at your analogies bro. It says a lot about you. Anyway what gives you the impression that someone has to carry a game for you to win? If you go into every match with that mindset I am not surprised you are losing. So go ahead and complain and cry that your teammates arnt good. You’ll just be added to the ever growing list of people who complain every season for a MM system that never existed in the first place.

Cynz.9437:

Crowley.8761:

If so many of you are so extremely unhappy with matchmaking why don’t you get teams? Or make teams if you can’t get one. Seems to me pretty much every single person here complains about the rest their respective teams being so awful, why don’t you guys get together and play then?

Personally I wouldn’t play with you guys in a million years but the solution is right there really. If that’s too much effort or you have too much life to form a team and play a couple hours a week but you still want to be #1 or not play then well, the latter is probably the option for you.

Some people don’t have an option for it. Besides getting 5 decent players together at the same time can be quite hard actually.

So you’d rather spend frustrating hours with teammates who supposedly “can’t rotate” and “arnt good” and maybe progress 2 pips after 15 games than spending just 30min finding a team of people who “can rotate” and “are good” and maybe have a better time? Ok.

Cynz.9437:

They admitted that matchmaking builds one team that has high chance to win vs team that has way lesser chance to win. They basically make you lose on purpose so people with higher MMR can move up which results in a lot of losses or huge winstreaks depending on side. You basically never have even matches. Garbage design is garbage.

This game been out for 4 years, i just don’t understand why they refuse to make algorithm that tries to make teams that both have 50% win chance.

I find it hilarious that you think a system where games are truly 50/50 is realistic. If you flip a coin 630 times do you really think it’s gonna 315 heads and 315 tails exactly? Heck no, there is a variation in everything.

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Shovel, all of your posts favor one sided points of views, putting words in to people’s mouths and assumed actions in to their personas, when you have no idea who these people are.

Post something evident man. Otherwise it just isn’t productive.

Lol what? My previous topic had everything layed out for you guys on a silver platter. I gave you guys screen shots and everything. Why is it that everyone complains about the 4 teammates they have but they never wanna point the finger at themselves? Better yet, they NEVER wanna say the other team simply outplayed them.

Aza.2105:

You are correct, its a team game. Not even in real sports can one guy carry a full team to victory. You need everyone working as a unit. One person represents 20% of the team. Not 100%, its up to the other 80% to do their thing, you can’t do it for them.

I love how you plus 4 other people say the same thing and when you’re match together in the same team y’all would still complain about each other lmao. Stop blaming your teammates. If they are doing something wrong tell them so they know not to do it. If they keep doing it, adapt, stop doing what YOURE doing and see if your teammates might actaully be on to something.

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Accepting your place within the hierarchy of MMRs is a great idea! Though this is difficult to do within a system that has such problems as listed here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Get-Gud-Curry-Matches-Get-Gud-Fix-Game/first#post6174667

I stopped reading when u said MM is you plus 4 people you have to carry. No way. That comment just shows your skill level in PvP and its…..well you already know.

fishball.7204:

All i’m seeing is you telling people to ‘git gud’ when you’re not really that good yourself and saying legitimate complaints about the matchmaking system are part of the whole ‘git gud’.

Me and Cynz have both posted a fair amount of screenshots showing the matchmaking system sucks and we’re both winning and above diamond already this early into the season. It’s really obvious to anyone who looks at the math that the system is flawed and hence our complaints.

Yes I’m telling them to get better because they are expecting a perfect system in their own perfect world where they will get “this number of wins” to “this number of losses” while having matches that end in 500-499. When in the history of GW2 PvP was that ever a reality? Never. So why in the world are you expecting that now?

And to the majority of you who missed the point of this post:

All I hear is MM is favoring to those with high MMR and that MM is rigged. My win rate is 73%, so can we all agree MM is favoring me? Well if so I have given the MM no reason to favor me. Because as seen in the picture, my overall win rate is complete garbage at 47.9% and it was 46% before the season began. Not only that I didn’t even reach diamond last season. I started the season exactly a week ago and played maybe 2-4 games a day in which it was win lose win lose. So how could the MM favor me when my MMR, from this information, is low. And again, from my match history you see that my matches are close and I win againts teams who were higher division than my team. My 17 game win streak could have easily been a 17 losing streak.

And about MM being rigged. Please tell me what makes it rigged?

Cynz.9437:

Shovel Face.4512:

Cynz.9437:

Starts to queue when most good players are already in higher divisions. Pretends he is amazing while getting carried by rigged MM. Thinks he can actually judge other players lel. Completely ignores what dev said. Keep this up man. It is getting entertaining.

What is your definition of a good gw2 PvP player?

ah idk, maybe members from TCG, 55 etc.

Yes but why are they good? What makes them good? You say all the good players moved up division but what the heck makes you a good player? Smh.

fishball.7204:

You only made it to diamond last season why are you here telling other people anything when you can’t even make it to legendary lmao

I’m also pretty sure you were all over map chat complaining last season about how you had bad team mates so the hypocrisy is real.

You missed the point of this post entirely. Congratulations

Cynz.9437:

Starts to queue when most good players are already in higher divisions. Pretends he is amazing while getting carried by rigged MM. Thinks he can actually judge other players lel. Completely ignores what dev said. Keep this up man. It is getting entertaining.

What is your definition of a good gw2 PvP player?

People need to reflect on their own gameplay instead of blaming their shortcomings on their teammates and the match making. People will blame everything else but themselves because they believe they can do no wrong. It is absolutely hilarious when the same 5 people who each complain about how their “MMR” is so low and how they get matched with bad teammates are put on the same team and when they lose, those same 5 people complain about each other. See how that works? This is not an issue of bad teammates or match making being rigged. This is an issue of YOU not being as good as you think you are. In the pictures below, you can see my win % in ranked PvP isn’t even close to 50%. You can also see that I didn’t even make it to legendary last season.

In one of my matches, I am matched with not 1 but 2 thieves making it a total of 3 thieves on my team. You can also see that we were 4 Rubys and 1 Diamond and the other team had 4 diamonds and 1 Ruby. You can also see that this game came down to the wire. So based on many individuals assumptions that MM favors one team over the other, my team should not have won this game right? Well we won because we outplayed them. Simple as that.

Now I’m currently in Diamond with a 73% win rate. And you can see from my match history that my matches are not complete blowouts.

It’s time to stop making excuses and blaming teammates or the matchmaking for your losses. It’s time to accept that you are not as good as you think you are. It’s been 3 seasons and you’re still crying about bad teammates and bad matchmaking. When it’s been that long, you have no one else to look at but yourself.

Common complaints I here about PvP:

“My teammates are bad, they don’t know how to rotate”
- It’s been 3 seasons, if you’re telling me you are being match with people who truly and honestly do not know how to rotate, that says a lot about YOUR skill level.
- Maybe they did rotate, but the other team rotated too. The opposing team is not a robot, they know how to rotate too.

“I’m always being matched with bad teammates”
- Again, this goes back to the whole “accepting you are not as good as you think you are” Because those “bad” teammates could be calling YOU a bad player.

“Matchmaking favors one team over another”
- Who tf cares what the MM favors!! Outplay the competition and you will be fine. And if they out play you, IT IS OK. Nobody wins every game. And when you lose, learn from it.

Hanza.6872:

Shovel Face.4512:

Wow. Some people are so caught up in their own delusions. If you truly believe the system is rigged then you’re paranoid and should stop playing this game. Maybe play a different game, take a break from Gw2.

All I’m saying is, maybe you should take a step back, look at your gameplay and go from there. GW2 is NOT a hard game lol. This game has a really low learning curve. In terms of skill level, this game has a really low ceiling. Most of the time it’s about learning positioning, awareness and disengaging.

Maybe you should also get out of your delusion that you are good enough to beat the MM.

Anet has ADMITTED that the system is rigged, some people will fall on the losing side of the algorithm, others will fall on the winning side. This doesn’t mean its good or fair.. And (some) people are right to complain about it.

You are right about one thing though, the only thing each and every one of us can influence is our own play. So the only thing to improve is that. I’m ‘lucky’ enough to be in the middle of the system, so I don’t see too many blowouts and can rightly blame my own mistakes for losses! I wish for everyone to have that chance, it is much more entertaining.

Lol I didn’t beat the matchmaking. (so you guys have gone so far into your delusions that now it an entity that can be beat? Ok)
Me and 4 other players beat a group of 5 other players in a game of conquest. Simple as that.

I’ve played in every PvP season so far and I’ll tell you this. These are just rough estimations btw. In season 1, my win % was 46% Season 2 it was 49% Season 3, 72% And remember, thief was arguablely one of the worst classes in both those seasons. Now, in season 3 with a new meta, thief performs really well, in fact maybe too well. So is it just a coincidence that my win rate is high this season because of how strong thief is this season or could it be I’m outplaying the competition?

Interesting. Had an 18 game winning streak snapped, then won 4, got that snapped, currently on a 6 game win streak. Ignore the MM bull crap and just play the kitten game

Chrono.6928:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Shovel Face.4512:

Dont know what all the complaining is about. Matchmaking is better than its ever been. Some people just cant accept the fact that maybe, just maybe, the opponent they are playing simply outplayed them. Forget about “bad teammates” or “opponents too good,” how about learn to be a better player.

I play thief and I’ve solo Qd every game so far. So saying stuff like win streaks are impossible in solo Q are nothing but false.

“I play thief” he says, taking a screen cap from his Necro

XD

I thought the same thing…

Sheesh just because I say I play thief doesn’t mean that’s the only class I have lmao

Sarrs.4831:

ohboy

for what it’s worth, i agree. a lot of people seem like they think they should be higher than the win/loss/win/loss pattern but evidently they aren’t.

to the people who say that they aren’t in the right division and that they deserve to be higher, simple challenge: prove it.

Yeah. The forums are full of pretentious, ignorant individuals who ALL think they play GW2 PvP at a high level. Oh please.

fishball.7204:

yeah i only won this game because of my superior positioning and 1337 clutch gameplay with amazing mechanical and rotational skills.

Wait maybe not?

K

Wow. Some people are so caught up in their own delusions. If you truly believe the system is rigged then you’re paranoid and should stop playing this game. Maybe play a different game, take a break from Gw2.

All I’m saying is, maybe you should take a step back, look at your gameplay and go from there. GW2 is NOT a hard game lol. This game has a really low learning curve. In terms of skill level, this game has a really low ceiling. Most of the time it’s about learning positioning, awareness and disengaging.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Shovel Face.4512:

Dont know what all the complaining is about. Matchmaking is better than its ever been. Some people just cant accept the fact that maybe, just maybe, the opponent they are playing simply outplayed them. Forget about “bad teammates” or “opponents too good,” how about learn to be a better player.

I play thief and I’ve solo Qd every game so far. So saying stuff like win streaks are impossible in solo Q are nothing but false.

“I play thief” he says, taking a screen cap from his Necro

XD

I’ll post a picture of my match history when I have the time to get on. I have my necro here because I switched classes at the end of the match for daily Achievemnt. And I’d rather just Q up and switch when I get into my next match lol.

Uncle Dalty.8327:

very often there is nothing you can do to turn a game. just cause you and a few others get lucky doesn’t mean the game is fair to everyone out there.

Personally, I wouldn’t care if I lost every game if they were all within 50 points…. at least that way I could say it was my fault and that I could have got us those 50 points. but losing by 200+ every game is not something that “getting better” is gonna save. I don’t care how good you are

Ehmm a 70% win rate with a 17 game win streak ALL in solo Q is not getting “lucky” lol. I’m not trying to say I’m one of the best GW2 PvP players but I certainly am one of the more competent ones. And if you lose by 200 points, then YOU have to think back and understnd what went wrong at a specific point in the game that could have caused you to be in that position. And when you find that specific moment, ask yourself, what could you have done differently that could have positively impacted the match in your favor.

Dont know what all the complaining is about. Matchmaking is better than its ever been. Some people just cant accept the fact that maybe, just maybe, the opponent they are playing simply outplayed them. Forget about “bad teammates” or “opponents too good,” how about learn to be a better player.

I play thief and I’ve solo Qd every game so far. So saying stuff like win streaks are impossible in solo Q are nothing but false.

Sheesh. I’m currently on a 16 game win streak all on my thief and all in solo Q. In fact, my overall record this season is 31-13. No duo, trio or full man premades. Just solo Q.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Thief burst still to high. Let’s nerf that

:D

NO. Nerf Ele protection first

Dash all the way. It makes decaps and disengaging so much easier. I also prefer staff because I feel it synergizes well with Dash. Staff is also a lot more powerful. AA is more powerful then daggers. Staff 2 pre casted with steal is simply deadly. Always make sure you land it. Staff 3 I never really use. Staff 4, which was already really good before the buff, is amazing. Blinds the opponent and gives them vulnerability. And then we have vault. Solid gap closer, awesome damage, can be used to run away in a tight situation, great to just spam when you’ve down an opponent and has what I think makes vault so powerful, evade frames.

As for P/P I’d just avoid. In low levels, it’s a noob stomper but againts high level players, it’s easily counter able and predictable. You’re better off with SB and moving to places.

I’ve been playing really casually, probably 2-3 games a day. I finally hit Ruby today (Diamond last season) in 37 games. So far I’m 24-13 this season and the matches aren’t blowouts and if they are, it’s simply because we outplayed them or they outplayed us. Oh and this is all in solo Q. But I think what’s making this season really fun is the shakeup of the meta. Thief is finally able to do something and not every game is an uphill battle because of the class I play.

Great Job Anet.

Fivedawgs.4267:

I disagree, the skill cap on the class has def being increased. There is some great DH out there, especially the trappers you can’t (as a power warrior) focus them… because they always stealth away. As a power warrior, i rathe duel a rev/ engi/ thief/ ranger/ ele than a DH.

This so much. Just because ur class isn’t easy to play anymore and actually requires you to think doesn’t mean it’s bad. Learn to adapt.

Are u kidding me? 2 thieves is not bad. If the 2 thieves can work together, they instantly kill any player with steal + basilisk burst. I had a match where I had 4 teefs and all we basically did was +1 each other and we burst everyone down like flies.

Is not as bad as it sounds. In fact, it’s a really solid comp. Just won a match with this comp, all of us solo Q. Even tho we only won by 60 points, we basically had complete control of the map. We were plus 1 everything. And then that mixed with our steal burst, our opponents could not do anything. It also helped that we had played different builds. We had 2 d/p, 1 s/d and me as staff. 2 of us ran basilisk and the other 2 ran impact strike. Probably the most fun game I’ve ever had in GW2 . The opposing players were dying like flies.

Wowzers. Didn’t expect a few nerfs and buffs to shift the meta to where it is now. As a thief main, glad we’re considered “meta” but I use that term loosely because meta means nothing if u have no skill. Also because my thief build is way different than the one on meta battle.
Couple of notes:
- I noticed that it’s getting harder and harder to kill things. Warrior passives just adds to the annoying auto pilot gameplay this game has.
- Revs and Mesmers are prey for thiefs
- matchmaking is a lot more fun despite what people are saying. People will always complain about it because they aren’t winning 100% of their games like they think they should be.

Wouldn’t blame the Necro, in fact, I’d blame the 3 players who followed you home. Being that clueless, you deserved to be Akitten on. The necro did you and those 3 players a HUGE favor by ending that game quicker.

Are u kidding me? We had 3 teefs on my team (myself included) and we smashed the other team 500-300. MM has been good to me atleast

Where is this afk farm spot that I’ve seen people post about? Kinda interested considering I’m low on gold and have barely anytime to play now with school finals coming up. Any details would be much appreciated.